Conservation Reserves
(Photo: V.B. Mathur, Asan Wetland, Uttarakhand)
What is Conservation Reserves
Conservation reserves and community reserves in India are terms denoting protected areas of India which typically act as buffer zones to or connectors and migration corridors between established national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserved and protected forests of India. Such areas are designated as conservation areas if they are uninhabited and completely owned by the Government of India but used for subsistence by communities and community areas if part of the lands are privately owned.
These protected area categories were first introduced in the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act of 2002 − the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. These categories were added because of reduced protection in and around existing or proposed protected areas due to private ownership of land, and land use.
List of Conservation Reserves (as on December, 2020) 
|
S. No
|
Name of State
|
S.No.
|
Name of Protected Area
|
Year of Notification
|
Area (in km2)
|
|
1
|
Gujarat
|
1
|
Chharidhandh
|
2008
|
227
|
|
2
|
Haryana
|
1
|
Bir Bara Ban
|
2007
|
4.19
|
|
3
|
Haryana
|
2
|
Saraswati Plantation
|
2007
|
44.53
|
|
4
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1
|
Darlaghat
|
2013
|
0.67
|
|
5
|
|
2
|
Shilli
|
2013
|
1.49
|
|
6
|
|
3
|
Shri Naina Devi
|
2013
|
17.01
|
|
7
|
Karnataka
|
1
|
Ankasamudra Birds
|
2017
|
0.988
|
|
8
|
|
2
|
Banakapur
|
2006
|
0.56
|
|
9
|
|
3
|
Basur Amruth Mahal Kaval
|
2011
|
7.36
|
|
10
|
|
4
|
Bedthi
|
2011
|
57.3
|
|
11
|
|
5
|
Hornbill
|
2011
|
52.5
|
|
12
|
|
6
|
Jayamangali Blackbuck
|
2007
|
3.23
|
|
13
|
|
7
|
Kolara Leaf Nosed Bat
|
2019
|
0.9
|
|
14
|
|
8
|
Magadi Kere
|
2015
|
0.54
|
|
15
|
|
9
|
Melapura Bee Eater Bird
|
2015
|
0.0318
|
|
16
|
|
10
|
Puttenahalli Lake Birds
|
2015
|
0.15
|
|
17
|
|
11
|
Shalmale Riparian Bio-system
|
2012
|
4.89
|
|
18
|
|
12
|
Thimlapura
|
2016
|
17.38
|
|
19
|
|
13
|
Thungabhadra Otter
|
2015
|
20
|
|
20
|
|
14
|
Ummathur
|
2017
|
6.08
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
1
|
Anjneri
|
2017
|
5.69
|
|
22
|
|
2
|
Bhorkada
|
2008
|
3.49
|
|
23
|
|
3
|
Kolamarka
|
2013
|
180.72
|
|
24
|
|
4
|
Mamdapur
|
2014
|
54.46
|
|
25
|
|
5
|
Muktai Bhavani
|
2014
|
122.74
|
|
26
|
|
6
|
Tillari
|
2020
|
29.53
|
|
27
|
|
7
|
Toranmal
|
2016
|
93.42
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
1
|
Beas River
|
2017
|
Not available
|
|
29
|
|
2
|
Rakh Sarai Amanat Khan
|
2010
|
4.95
|
|
30
|
|
3
|
Ranjit Sagar
|
2017
|
18.65
|
|
31
|
|
4
|
Ropar Wetland
|
2017
|
2.11
|
|
32
|
Rajasthan
|
1
|
Bir Jhunjhunu
|
2012
|
10.47
|
|
33
|
|
2
|
Bisalpur
|
2008
|
36.67
|
|
34
|
|
3
|
Gogelao
|
2012
|
3.58
|
|
35
|
|
4
|
Gudha Bisnoiyan
|
2011
|
2.3187
|
|
36
|
|
5
|
Jawai Bandh Leopard
|
2013
|
19.7858
|
|
37
|
|
6
|
Jor Beed Gadwala Bikaner
|
2008
|
56.4662
|
|
38
|
|
7
|
Khetri Bansyal
|
2017
|
70.18
|
|
39
|
|
8
|
Rotu
|
2012
|
0.73
|
|
40
|
|
9
|
Shakambhari
|
2012
|
131
|
|
41
|
|
10
|
Sundha Mata
|
2008
|
117.4892
|
|
42
|
|
11
|
Umedganj Bird
|
2012
|
2.7247
|
|
43
|
|
12
|
Bansial Khetri Bagore
|
2018
|
39.66
|
|
44
|
|
13
|
Jawai Bandh Leopard
|
2018
|
61.98
|
|
45
|
|
14
|
Mansa Mata
|
2019
|
102.31
|
|
46
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
Sling Dong Fairreanum Orchid
|
2008
|
0.06
|
|
47
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1
|
Tiruppadaimarathur
|
2005
|
0.0284
|
|
48
|
|
2
|
Suchindrum-Theroor-Managudi
|
2015
|
4.8477
|
|
49
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
Asan Wetland
|
2005
|
4.44
|
|
50
|
|
2
|
Jhilmil Jheel
|
2005
|
37.84
|
|
51
|
|
3
|
Naina Devi Himalayan Bird
|
2015
|
111.92
|
|
52
|
|
4
|
Pawalgarh
|
2012
|
58.25
|
|
53
|
West Bengal
|
1
|
Deul
|
2017
|
10.5
|
|
54
|
|
2
|
Garpanchkot
|
2017
|
1340.34
|
|
55
|
|
3
|
Hijli
|
2017
|
15.5
|
|
56
|
|
4
|
Mukutmanipur
|
2017
|
43.7
|
|
57
|
|
5
|
Tekonia
|
2017
|
5.87
|
|
58
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
Achabal
|
2008
|
20
|
|
59
|
|
2
|
Ajas
|
2008
|
48
|
|
60
|
|
3
|
Bahu
|
2008
|
19.75
|
|
61
|
|
4
|
Brain-Nishat
|
2008
|
15.75
|
|
62
|
|
5
|
Chatlam, Pampore Wetland
|
2008
|
0.426
|
|
63
|
|
6
|
Freshkhori Wetland
|
2008
|
0.1525
|
|
64
|
|
7
|
Gambir Mughlan Goral
|
|